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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 02, 1952
Page
13
The judge argues that capital punishment applies as a rare case where a wife sues her husband over a $1000 loan meant to pay down a coat, lost in a poker game. The woman responds with sarcasm and suggests she may be wrong about capital punishment.
Mr and Mrs Erland Jay were honored at Brookville Hall on Friday with dancing to Alex Muirs orchestra. The bride is Annie Holmes. The couple received a chrome kitchen suite and a set of dishes. Guests included Mr and Mrs John Currie and others. Birthday dinner for Mrs William Roberts held Sunday at Ross Gunbys home.
Harvest events at St John s Church featured Rev W J B Meloche and Rev Ralph E Price with sermons and addresses. Presbyterian and United churches held anniversary and social gatherings, choir performances, and refreshments. Attendees included residents from Guelph Georgetown Elora Norval and Toronto with several TV purchases noted and a large fall plowing event at Mr Oakes farm on Highway 24.
Members and friends of the Greenock Women's Institute met at Mrs. Elliott Patterson's home on September 17. The group discussed correspondence with Derbyshire Institute members to deepen understanding, announced attendance plans for the Area Convention in Kitchener, and held a spelling contest. A farewell gift was given to Mrs. H. G. Turner who moves to North Bay.
Two carloads of ladies from the community travelled to Ospringe for an afternoon tea and program supporting the church furnace fund. A lantern slide show and lantern slides on Suma the African boy plus temperance slides titled A Tower of Strength were shown. Mrs. Hills thanked all volunteers from the W.M.S. for a most enjoyable evening.
Public auction to sell by Hindley and Elliott at IRA Featherstone's farm on No. 25 highway three miles north of Palermo five miles south of Milton. Sale starts 2 PM Tuesday October with power machinery implements livestock hay furniture and farm items sold to highest bidder as farm is sold. Cash settlement day of sale.
A complete moving sale at Frank Register farm on Highway 25 starts Saturday October 4 at 1 PM. It lists power machinery including John Deere tractors, a Shutt self propelled mower, a Case seed harrow, implements, poultry gear, hogs, furniture, appliances, and household items with cash settlement. The seller has sold the farm and is moving to England. no reserve.
Mrs. Howard Gilband and Wendy spent a few days last week with Mr. and Mrs. Will Grundy in Long Branch. The McCutcheons visited Richmond Hill on Sunday, and Archie Malloy from Guelph called on the McAllisters. Lin Morgan of Albany is visiting her mother. Weekend stays included St Catharines with Dr. and Mrs. Wilson, plus a Sunday gathering at the Ware home in Rockwood and visits among Jestin, Porter, Robertson, and Jestin families.
A Trafalgar Township farm auction near Omagh offers 2 Holstein heifers and several milking cows plus assorted cattle, hay and grain, and many farming implements. Items include a Ford tractor, Ferguson and Cockshutt gear, a Case mower and rake, a grain drill, wagon, scales, and more. Cash sale as the farm is being given up. Local contact Milton and Rockwood for details.
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